Intelligent Learning at Scale

We are a passionate team that is transforming the way we learn so students can save time, stress less and be more successful.

YOURIKA was born from the idea that every student should be able to learn anything, anywhere, and at anytime. To accomplish this vision , we have assembled a team of leading experts that are pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence to develop a trailblazing AI Platform that helps online learning providers deliver learning experiences that students want (real-time, personalized, and mobile) at scale.

We are a team of values-driven leaders with experience building winning teams, A.I. technologies, and businesses. Rob Henderson (CEO), has successfully built and led several winning teams including a student platform that scaled to millions of users. Dr. Shady Shehata (CTO), has spent the last 20 years engineering A.I. powered learning platforms – most recently for Desire2Learn (D2L), one of world’s premier learning management companies, where he led both the business intelligence and data teams.Dr. Fakhri Karray (Chief Scientist), has served as the University of Waterloo’s academic advisor for the prestigious Amazon’s Alexa Fellowship (awarded to only four universities worldwide in its first cycle including University of Waterloo, Carnegie Mellon University and John Hopkins University). He is the Loblaws Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Waterloo and the co-director of the Artificial Intelligence Institute.

Intelligent Knowledge Assistants (IKA)

When students are learning something online, they are often doing it when they are alone and often have a question about the content that they are consuming. The challenge: instructors aren’t readily available to respond to student questions or help requests. Through an IKA, e-learning providers can ensure students questions are answered in real-time through an intelligent chatbot, ensuring they don’t disengage with the content.

Virtual AI powered Math Tutors

For online tutoring service providers that want to ensure accuracy, reduce lag, and maximize profits. Our AI powered math tutors are intelligent chatbots that can engage with your students over messaging or through your own learning application. Now available for most high school, university, and college level math. Want to see an AI-powered tutor in action? Watch a demo here.